Pittsburgh’s Comeback: The Story of Its Rebirth

How America’s steel city weathered the rocky transition from an economy built on manufacturing to one driven by cutting edge research

America’s steel city was left for dead after the industry collapsed in the 1980s. Unemployment soared, the population plummeted and corporations fled. But gradually, Pittsburgh weathered the rocky transition from an economy built on manufacturing to one driven by cutting edge research. This is the story of its rebirth.